Software Quality Engineer needed at iOCO

What you’ll do:

• Build and foster deep relationship with Peers, Subject Matter Experts, Developers, Product Owner and other Stakeholders.
• Work closely with Quality Assurance Leads, Practise Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, Product Owner and other Stakeholders to meet the expectations of our clients.
• Actively participate in the planning, estimation and sizing of products, features, stories to be delivered.
• Delivery of a well-structured quality assurance solution, aligned to enterprise quality practices and standards, within the timelines agreed with the delivery team.
• Report and manage the resolution of issues timeously to avoid unplanned expenses which could result in late delivery and stability issues once operational.
• Participate in the backlog grooming.
• Participate in the sprint planning, test estimation and acceptance criteria per story.
• Discuss the low level design and functional requirements with the QA Lead,
• Application/Solution Architect to understand the approach to test automation.
• Collaborate with the Core Technical Team to continuously improve the automation frameworks and overall platform.
• Develop the automation code using the automation test kit for execution.
• Implement the test automation solutions with the objective that it has adequate coverage within the sprint.
• Ensure the test automation solution meets the architectural and development standards that are re-usable and scalable.
• Confirm that the automation test code implemented is appropriately catalogued, stored and aligns with the required governance.
• Ensure artefacts are easy obtainable by storing all relevant artefacts in the repository
• Integration into and test automation execution on DevOps pipelines.
• Log defects using the pre-defined defect management process and tool, and ensure the relevant information is captured accurately that will assist with the root cause analysis.
• Identify potential product risks and communicate to the QA Lead the details and any possible mitigation factors.
• Report status of testing to the squad daily.
• Collaborate with the stakeholder to ensure the resolution of a defect and that the root cause analysis is performed and recorded.
• Participate in all retrospective reviews.
• Participate in the showcase to stakeholders.
• Mentor the Software Test Engineers within the team.

Your expertise:

• Level: intermediate: 3-5 years of experience
• Level: Senior: 5+ years of experience

Qualifications:

• Matric
• Relevant IT/ Testing qualification